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Preview: Argentina v Iceland Factbox

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Argentine will play Iceland in a Group D match in Moscow on Saturday.

Where: Spartak Stadium, Moscow

Capacity: 45,000

When: Saturday June 14, 16:00 local (1300 GMT/0900 ET)

Referee: To be announced

Key stats: – Argentina, winners in 1978 and 1986, have qualified for 11 consecutive World Cups starting with West Germany 1974. Iceland, are competing in their first ever World Cup finals.

– Iceland have not won since January, a run of four games without victory.

– Argentina scored 19 goals in the South American qualifiers, the lowest by a qualifying team since the single-group format was adopted ahead of the 1998 finals.

Previous meetings: The two have never met.

 

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